{"id":176,"date":"2014-06-23T22:22:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T02:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/?p=176"},"modified":"2014-08-08T19:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T23:09:54","slug":"happy-birthday-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/2014\/06\/happy-birthday-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, America!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture books to celebrate America’s birthday.<\/p>\n

My kids and I have read a lot of books about America and patriotism recently to get ready for July 4th. \u00a0These are our favorites.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"America the Beautiful<\/a>\"\"
\nPaintings by Wendell Minor
\nBeautiful paintings of American landscapes. Includes the story of how Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the poem “America the Beautiful” from Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1893, and how Samuel Augustus Ward wrote the music that is now\u00a0well-known.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"I Pledge Allegiance<\/a>\"\"
\nBy Pat Mora & Libby Martinez, Illustrated by Patrice Barton
\nA sweet story about Libby and her great aunt who passed the test to become an American citizen, and what the Pledge of Allegiance means and who wrote it.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"The Star-Spangled Banner<\/a>\"\"
\nIllustrated by Peter Spier
\nThe national anthem illustrated with engaging watercolors that depict the British attack of Fort McHenry in Baltimore in the War of 1812 when the Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key. \u00a0Also includes the story of the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during that battle and how it came to be in the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"Liberty!<\/a>\"\"
\nBy Allan Drummond
\nThe excitement at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and what she means to America and the world.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"The Impossible Patriotism Project<\/a>\"\"
\nBy Linda Skeers, pictures by Ard Hoyt
\nCaleb struggles to create a patriotism project for Parents’ Night until he is inspired by his father who can’t be there. \u00a0A touching story about the many symbols and meanings of patriotism.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"Paul Revere’s Ride<\/a>\"\"
\nIllustrated by Charles Santore
\nBeautiful illustrations bring to life the famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, telling the story of how Paul Revere warned the colonists of the arrival of the British army.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"Little Hands Celebrate America!: Learning about the U.S.A. Through Crafts & Activities (Little Hands Book)<\/a>\"\"
\nBy Jill Frankel Hauser
\nCrafts and activities to celebrate America; and learn about its symbols, natural beauty, landmarks, and diversity.<\/p>\n

Happy reading and Happy 4th of July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture books to celebrate America’s birthday. My kids and I have read a lot of books about America and patriotism recently to get ready for July 4th. \u00a0These are our favorites. America the Beautiful Paintings by Wendell Minor Beautiful paintings of American landscapes. Includes the story of how Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-for-kids"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4w3yf-2Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}